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IBM Host On-Demand

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HOD HTML Override Functionality with Web Start

With browsers ending support for NPAPI plugins (with the exception of Internet Explorer, whose last version will be 11 and will seemingly be retired with the end of the Windows 10 support lifecycle), the direction is to move to using Web Start cli...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Not under consideration

About order of file transter lists on Host On-Demand V11

Currently, order of the file transfer list is random.This customer uses many file transfer lists which include DBCS characters.Therefore it's very hard to find the required file from the lists.He strongly requested to improve the order of the file...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 2 Planned for future release

HOD getHTMLParameter using Java Web Start

We integrate HOD JAVA applet in our user portal and we send parameters using the URL and the getHTMLParameter macro function to send variable data such as user/password to the Host session. Now, browsers will run JAVA no more and we want to do the...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Not under consideration

Auto select proper cert among multiple user certs with same key usage by looking at the certs on the card in the reader

With a previous fix, the HOD programmable interface will now select the proper cert by key usage from a list of certs for one user but when multiple user's certs are in the local key store the wrong selection is made. HOD should ensure the cert se...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 3 Not under consideration

Do not require password if client certificate provided for HOD-FTP

When a client certificate is used (like a PIV/CAC card) for identification to the FTP server then the client should not request a userid or password. The SSL/TLS session is done prior to the credentials and the server could determine the ID to ass...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 6 Not under consideration

HOD copy & paste support for Thai language

HOD client V11.0.14, Copy and paste function can not recognize Thai vowel and tone mark which are rendered in above or below normal Thai characters. Customer would like copy & paste to function as "what you are seeing is what you are get", jus...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 6 Not under consideration

Request for RDz Windows Client 3270 Emulator Enhancements

We'd like to see two enhancements to the 3270 emulator within the RDz Windows client. (a) For copying / pasting text, like to see a regular drag 'n highlight instead of drawing a box around the text. Former is easier. (b) On the full screen, SELEC...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 4 Not under consideration

Rational Host on Demand needs to add blink capability to HABEANS

Blink, BlinkRemapModel, capability needs to be added to the Host On-Demand SWT beans component .
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 2 Not under consideration

Host On Demand for z/OS - Admin user ID And password encryption.

The Administrator users ID and passwords are stored in plain text in ConfigAgentParms.Data in the private directory of Host On Demand for z/OS. From security standpoint this can be improved with making them at least minimally encrypted. We would l...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 3 Not under consideration

Hotspots options for point-and-select (double click)

Customer want to use mouse to double-click on the screen.HOD does not have this options for point-and-select whencompare with PCOMM.
over 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Not under consideration